Test The Nation was a sort of Quiz show that was presented by Ann Robinson. I say "sort of" as the show had a number of incarnations, there was an IQ test episode, there was a Relationship Test, a Music test among others. Often the show took the form of multiple choice survey type answers, there wasn't always a "right" answer.
The show was interactive, you could play online and you could play if you had a digital television by pressing the red button and responding to the questions as asked. The thing I loved most about this show was that it engaged the audience, it informed the viewer and it sometime broke down stereotypes while at other times it enforced them - the live studio audience were split into sections often categorised by various cultural or class divided groups.
The video below demonstrates the mechanic of the show and lets you see some of the questions that were asked.
There is also an archived version of the test on the BBC Online site which you can play along to.
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